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Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April (www.theguardian.com)

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The Women’s Institute will no longer accept transgender women as members from April following the UK supreme court ruling on the legal definition of a woman, the Guardian can reveal.

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[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

They’re a federation of charities. Charities can’t just change their by-laws when they want to.

[–] GeneralVincent@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Well not overnight obviously, I'm sure it has to go through a board of directors and have a vote for it. My comment may have come off a bit more flippant then intended tbh. But I'm not aware of any legal reason they can't go that route though, but I'm not in the UK so ¯\(ツ)/¯

I did find this, which I think is relevant. https://the-icm.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/CC363.pdf